1) Abandon the ways of sin 2) Admonition to a sinner 3) Admonition to sinners 4) Advice to sinners 5) Ask forgiveness 6) Atone 7) Be conscience-stricken 8) Be contrite 9) Be heartily sorry 10) Be in a sorry state 11) Be sorry about being shut up 12) Don sackcloth 13) Don sackcloth and ashes 14) Evangelical exhortation 1) Atone 2) Atone for 3) Fast 4) Regret 5) Rue 
ground creeping and rooting at the joints
• (v. i.) To feel pain, sorrow, or regret, for what one has done or omitted to do. • (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction. • (a.) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. • (v. t.) To cause to have sorrow or regret; -- used impersonally. • (v. i.) To be sorry for sin ...
creeping
<plant biology> Said of a stem that is prostrate and rooting at the nodes. ... (09 Oct 1997) ... 
creeping
Re'pent adjective [ Latin repens , -entis , creeping, present participle of repere to creep.] 1. (Botany) Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems. Gray. 2. (Zoology) Same as Reptant . Re·pent' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Repented ; present participle & verbal noun Repenting .] [ French se repentir ; Latin prefix re- re- + poenitere to make repent, poenitet me it repent...Re·pent' transitive verb 1. To feel pain on account of; to remember with sorrow. « I do repent it from my very soul.» Shak. 2. To feel regret or sorrow; -- used reflexively. « My father has repented him ere now.» Dryden. 3...
Creeping; rooting at the joints.
ground creeping and rooting at the joints
[v] - turn away from sin or do penitence 2. [v] - feel remorse for
verb turn away from sin or do penitence
[SAT terms] feel sorry for; be contrite about